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%%* ''Manga/YokohamaKaidashiKikou''* In ''Manga/YokohamaKaidashiKikou'', due to an environmental shift whose details are largely unrevealed, a great many coastal cities are completely covered by the ocean. At least one chapter revolves around exploring one such city, Yokosuka, whose street lights still come on even though the city is completely submerged.

* ''Anime/AgentAika'' has ''modern'' underwater ruins from when the sea levels rose and flooded coastal cities.* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has ''[[RuinsOfTheModernAge modern]]'' underwater ruins from when the sea levels rose and flooded coastal cities.* ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' shows the flooded ruins of Tokyo at the beginning of the first episode and has even a underwater submarine battle around them in second one.

%%[[AC:{{Film}}]]%%* New York in ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence''.%%* New York in ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow''.

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%%[[AC:{{Film}}]]%%* [[AC:{{Film}}]]* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' had underwater ruins of the submerged parts of New York in ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence''.%%* City.* Kevin Costner's ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' had underwater ruins... which turn out to be the city of Denver.* In ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow'', a superstorm strikes New York in ''Film/TheDayAfterTomorrow''.and floods Manhattan.

* Creator/HPLovecraft's "Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace" takes place in a region of Massachusetts which is eventually flooded to create a reservoir. Several homesteads and small towns end up submerged, including the [[StarfishAliens Colour]]-infested farm. (Minus the Colour, this is TruthInTelevision, as the Quabbin Reservoir was created in this manner.)

* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls2'' has a couple: the realm of Heide is almost completely submerged by the sea, with only a couple of towers still habitable above the water. The Iron Keep is likewise sunken... in ''lava''. The Old Iron King became too greedy, and built his castle too high; the castle (suggested to be pure iron) got really, really heavy and partially sank into the volcano the King had insisted it be built on.

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* ** ''VideoGame/DarkSouls2'' has a couple: the realm of Heide is almost completely submerged by the sea, with only a couple of towers still habitable above the water. The Iron Keep is likewise sunken... in ''lava''. The Old Iron King became too greedy, and built his castle too high; the castle (suggested to be pure iron) got really, really heavy and partially sank into the volcano the King had insisted it be built on.

* In ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'', your enemy's capital city, Farbanti, has a submerged downtown full of scorched, tilted skyscrapers (and during the battle, submarines) due to an asteroid impact.* Given the amount of damage it's suffered after a genocidal civil war, Rapture of ''VideoGame/BioShock'' fame probably counts, even if it thankfully hasn't flooded yet. In the sequel, as you're a Big Daddy in a self-contained suit, you can go outside and see what it's like from without.

* The lake in Camp Big Moose has the remnants of an old town sunken in it in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare''.

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* The In ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', the titular kingdom's capital is protected by a massive air bubble but the outskirts are exposed to the ocean and in ruins.

[[AC:Real Life]]* In the UK, entire towns have been submerged over the years for various reasons.* As with the U.K., Italy has its share of submerged towns. One in particular is situated in a lake in Camp Big Moose has that gets drained periodically, allowing the remnants of an old town sunken in it in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare''.interested to go visit.** Venice is slowly ''sinking into the ocean'' because it's so heavy that the land underneath (formerly marsh, so that's understandable) can't hold up its weight.

* ''VideoGame/The Crystal Key'' has the Arkonian capital city of Suralon, which was almost completely submerged when the [[EvilOverlord evil psychic Ozgar]] bombarded it with his gravity-altering satellites. Naturally, the people there evacuated the place while it was sinking.

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* ''VideoGame/The Crystal Key'' ''VideoGame/TheCrystalKey'' has the Arkonian capital city of Suralon, which was almost completely submerged when the [[EvilOverlord evil psychic Ozgar]] bombarded it with his gravity-altering satellites. Naturally, the people there evacuated the place while it was sinking.

* ''The Crystal Key'' has the Arkonian capital city of Suralon, which was almost completely submerged when the [[EvilOverlord evil psychic Ozgar]] bombarded it with his gravity-altering satellites. Naturally, the people there evacuated the place while it was sinking.

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* ''The ''VideoGame/The Crystal Key'' has the Arkonian capital city of Suralon, which was almost completely submerged when the [[EvilOverlord evil psychic Ozgar]] bombarded it with his gravity-altering satellites. Naturally, the people there evacuated the place while it was sinking.

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